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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Jono Bacon, Bryan Lunduke, Stuart Langridge and myself bring you the wonderful world of Bad Voltage, in which you get a mat underfoot because your feet hurt, there is a small Lunduke on the scene, and:

00:04:48 Mycroft, the open source AI for everyone home automation thing that you can put in your house and speak commands to, has achieved its Kickstarter goals and will happen. We like it. Heres why

00:24:48 Chris Waid from Thinkpenguin and savewifi.org speaks about the American FCCs consultation which requires restricting wireless devices from using unapproved frequencies. Understandably, the SaveWiFi team are very concerned this will result in outright banning of open source router firmware and possibly open source wireless drivers generally. Today we discuss the issue with Chris, whether its quite as big a problem as is suggested, and what can be done about it

00:48:17 Hack Voltage: Jeremy spends a minute recommending a cool thing. In this episode, a bathroom mirror which runs Android

00:49:24 Unbiasedly leading on from Mycroft, one of the things it touts itself as is integrating with your home automation; Internet-of-Things things around your house, whether thermometers or Dropcams or smart fridges. Weve been getting into home automation to varying degrees, and its a big area; here we talk about it and open standards

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Particularly interested to hear what LQ members think of Mycroft and the FCC NPRM.

I thought the interview with Chris Wald was excellent and appreciated that you all put him through the wringer. If he's going to take the point on this issue, he needs to know how to handle questions calmly, competently, and accurately. I commend him wholeheartedly for publicizing and pursuing this, but I've heard him on several podcasts, and there are far too many "I don't knows" in the discourse.

As for Mycroft and standing desks, I have no interest in either. If one doesn't automate one's house and, rather, gets out of the Laz-y-Boy from time to time to flip a switch, one might not need that stand--never mind.